Happy B-day Jen

Jen we wanted to wish you a happy birthday. We made this video of Tyler "singing" to you, but after spending last night and part of this morning trying to upload it. It is just not going to work. Sorry. But we hope you had a great day. We love you and are very excited to see you soon.

Happy Birthday Girlies!

Natalie, it's a rule that you can't wish someone a happy birthday on your own birthday... expect your twin. :) Anyways, Hope you two ladies have a wonderful birthday and that you are both spoiled rotten by your families. We're sad we aren't there to enjoy the big day with you. We love you!!!!!!
Love, Bryan, Jen, Carter, and Addilyn

The Hannah Poem

Hannah Banana we are extremely sorry this is late
Your Aunt Natalie has always been horrible with dates!

We hope your birthday was full of fun and joy,
And perhaps you received a pretty cool toy.

There are many things we love about you,

all the thing you think, say and ,do!

Like the way you meow like a tiny baby kitten

and your lovely smile has us all smitten.

We think it's funny when your voice gets low and raspy

And that your name is a palindrome, that's really quite catchy.

We think you are so fun

Hannah Banana we love you a ton!!

Happy Birthday!

Some more pics at the park

Just another day at the park

Hey guys! I just thought I'd post these pictures of me and my roommates at the park. This semester has probably been the best so far. I have been very blessed to have such awesome roommates. We did it just in the nick of time because that night it started snowing.

AHOY!!!!!!

The other night at dinner, Evelyn sang this song all the way through! We didn't even know that she knew it. She learned it at preschool.

Thankful

happy thanksgiving everyone! Naomi and i just thought we would mention the few things we are thankful for since it is ya know Thanksgiving. ha ha

1. all of you guys of coarse because you guys are so loving, and fun and we cant wait to be with everyone at Christmas time!
2. our friends
3.our education-even thought we really wish we were done with it:)
4. for the beautiful weather we have right now! BOO YA!
5. the Gospel
6. our freedom
7. our home to live in
8. our AWESOME parents!!!!

there is a lot more and we would just like to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving! love you!

To get you ready for the holidays!

Thanks Nellie for the laughs!

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Hannah Coloring and Being Cute

Here's a video of Hannah doing one of her favorite past-times... coloring. If you turn up your volume, she says some pretty funny things.

For all you Dentists...

Evelyn found this song on http://www.pbskids.org/ under Sid the Science Kid. As you can tell she has watched it a few times. She brushes her teeth at least 4 times a day to prevent cavities. She tells me to tell her that her teeth sparkle.

Ben went to the dentist the other day and happened to have a cavity or two. When Evelyn found out about the cavities she sang "Daddy was in a rush, and he forgot to brush..." Don't worry, Ben didn't really forget to brush, just prone to cavities I suppose.

(By the way, that is marker on her face...)

Little Sleeper

I know this just looks like a picture of Carter sleeping (and it is) but it's a milestone for me. I just finished a flash course this weekend from my AWESOME photography teacher. It opened me to a whole new world. Seriously. So, even if Carter had had his eyes wide open (that would have been a little creepy) he wouldn't have had any red eye or anything. It was PITCH black in his room when I took this picture! YEAH!

Shower Time

Nicole had a fun baby shower put on by her sisters-in-law, Megan and Rachel. This was one of the favorite gifts, given to Nicole and Jon by Jon's sisters of course!

There were some cute and pretty decorations...
The picture doesn't do this justice, but this was a fun centerpiece. That baby will have some fun bath time!

Nicole got some cute clothes for the babe.
Nicole LOVED being the center of attention!

Lynette (salon owner), Sarah (salon worker), and Megan(Jon's sister)

Some really nice and fun friends of Nicole
Some really great sistas of Nicole

and yes, Nicole really is that tiny!

YOU ARE 15...

Happy Birthday Naomi. We wish we could be there to celebrate with you. Only one more year until you can drive and date. Sheesh, that makes me feel old. Here are some things we love about "Uncle Omi":

1. She is beautiful

2. Easy to talk to

3. She makes you feel so important when you call, because she acts so excited to hear from you.

4. She makes me laugh

5. She has a compassionate heart.

6. We love the way she looks at life

7. She knows what it means to take a luxurious bath. :)

8. She always laughs at your jokes even when they are super corny.

9. You know she trying to do what's right

10. She's the BEST sister ever!

WE LOVE YOU! HOPE YOUR DAY IS GREAT.

A Little Dose of Hannah

Grammie has been asking for a little dose of Hannah. Here is a little video Ben took of her while Evelyn was at preschool. She is a cutie. There is a little bit of her angry voice in there, it's hard not to laugh when she does that. She does it mostly at Evelyn.

Just a side note, it was Evelyn that got us all calling oatmeal porrige after she read the three bears.

First day to the Park

Yesterday was Tyler's first day to the park. However, I forgot to take the camera to the park so I don't have any pictures. I took this one before we left so just imagine him laying in the stroller with his eyes closed. I think looks pretty cute, but I may be biased.

little bear

I got this really cute bear outfit last Christmas (Thanks Jen). I have been so excited for Blake to grow into it so he could wear it. I have put it on him a couple of times and it has always been to big. So I thought, " Hey, Blake will definitely be big enough by Halloween and he could be a little bear." Well, he is definitely big enough...maybe to big. Here's hoping that Tyler will fit into it next year.

Birthday Princess

We just wanted to say thank you for the birthday wishes and presents. Evelyn definitely was treated like and felt like royalty on her birthday! Thank you all!

This picture makes me laugh. She got to take home the preschool Curious George for the weekend. Part of taking him home is taking your picture with him and writing a little piece about what George got to do over the weekend. Evelyn dressed him up like a prince for a princess party.

As you can see, Evelyn and George have been inseparable. We wanted to use this picture for the preschool book, but Evelyn's arms are crossed almost morbidly.

Random pic: here is our house in the fall time!

Happy Birthday!!

Little Miss Evieboo! We wanted to wish you a happy birthday. We're sure today was wonderful but now you can listen to Carter sing you happy birthday every day of the year. We love you!!!

Homecoming!

so i barely just got the pictures so none of you can be mad at me for taking so long. Homecoming was a lot of fun i went with a neat guy Mitch Allen, and i am so happy i went. here are a few pictures. The lady who took our pictures was family friend of one of the guys. i thought she did okay (Jen you would have done MUCH BETTER) some are kinda blurry and she gave me all the ones that i have a fake smile AND i think the poses are weird ha ha( i am such a complainer). but over all i like them so here they are.

The Result is...

IT'S A Congrats to the majority of our voters. Thank you for voting! It's fun to see what people think the baby is. We really would have been shocked if it were a girl, we've been feeling it's a boy!
We are so grateful that he already has so many wonderful cousins to play with and such a wonderful family, aunts, uncles, Grandmas, Grandpas!
Thank you all!

Boy or Girl?

I guess a boy!

Jess don't you find out in a couple of days what you are having? Sorry if you didn't want a post where people guess what you are having, but for some reason I have this need to tell you what I think you are going to have...huh, I guess I need to get out more. :) Can't wait to hear if the cute babe is a nino or nina (pretend there are (~) over the "n").

Just a Teeny Bit Sneaky...

Well, I feel a little guilty, but not a ton. I needed a few pictures from Brad's camera and saw that there were a lot of pictures on his card. I was trying not to be snoopy and to only get the ones I wanted, but that required looking at the pictures to find the ones I needed. I was being quick, but I did get a few pics from his mission that I didn't think he would mind having posted. I think we will need his help in explaining a few!

Just a teeny bit sneaky II...

I feel bad writing on and about Brad's pictures, so maybe we'll get a comment from him saying whatever he would like to say!

Things that need to be blogged...

Noelle homecoming
Mom and dad Hawaii trip
Nellie college life
whatever anyone else is up to

Welcome Home

Hey guys. I posted some pictures (and a far too long post) of when Bradley got home. I know you all have "seen" him on the webcam, but if you need more of a "Bradley fill" click HERE.

Meet the newest member of the family

Here are some pictures! Details of labor and delivery will follow later, because I'm tired!! I love you all and we can't wait for you all to meet Tyler Robert Backus.

Rexburg Babies

Here is Nicole at 23 weeks. Yes. I wrote 23 weeks, it was no typo.

Here is rounded me at 17 weeks (almost) and Nickle. Don't worry folks, I don't feel bad about it. We just have very different bodies and my body is spring loaded after already having 2 babies! But I did make the picture smaller, so just don't zoom in or anything!

Here are your Rexburg cousins and grandchildren! They can't wait to meet you next year!

We love you!

Home Sick

Hey guys! I have been feeling a little home sick lately and its been a bummer. But then today I was looking through my camera and found this video. Hearing everyone in the background and seeing Carter made me feel closer to home! Love you all so much and miss you tons!!!

Get Yer Tickets!

Hey guys. First of all, a little shout out to B-Rad who is turning 21 today. Oh yeah!!! I'm sure he's having quite the party. I wanted to let you guys know that tickets on Delta are $69 from PHX to SLC... come on, who's going to be here with us ata the airport when Elder B gets home. PLEASE COME!!!! (No, Mom did NOT put me up to this... it's purely selfish.) Any takers?
***Mom, can you post the Christmas names please?***

i think i've been tagged?

well i think i was tagged by Natalie ( the four theme thingy) so i thought i would do it since i never post anything. so here it is...

1. four places i would go over and over: the beach, any theater that is showing wicked, the lake, and mesa frozen yogurt.

2.four people who email me regularly: bradley, rochelle grimes, emily brimhall, and kaley baldwin.

3.four of my favorite places to eat: Mongolian BBQ, Texas road house, in-and-out, and Costa Vida.

4. four places i rather be right now: on the beach, still camping over labor day weekend, Idaho, visiting Nat and Matt and baby Blake

5.four people i tag: mom, dad, jess, and bryan

6.four TV shows i watch: the office, what not to wear, project runway, and the Cosby show

Ding Ding Dong

How would everyone feel about drawing names soon for Christmas?

Ode to Nicole

Here's to Nicole who was solita this trip. We're so glad she was able to come! We missed ya Jon!
I was going through my pics and have so many fun shots of NeeKole.

This makes me laugh so much. Sorry it's a bit blurry.

Nicole watching the swimmers with her big bro Bryan.

Poor Nicole, no one wanted to go swimming at the time she did, so it was just her and Shamu out there for a while. I think everyone decided to go just as she was ready to get out. :(

Nicole not feeling so well.

Bonding with the Blakester at the dolphin show.

Nicole, the beauty of the sea!

You sure know how to spice up a trip Nicole! We love you!